- In a pressure cooker add all the dals, ridge gourd, tomato, onion, ginger garlic paste, green chilli, turmeric, salt and 2 cups water and pressure cook it for 4 whistle. Once done allow the pressure to release by itself and keep the cooker on the heat again and add tamarind water and heat the dal till it thickens little. To temper, heat a small tempering pan with oil and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and allow it splutter for 10 seconds. Add curry leaves, dry red chilies, hing and leave the curry leaves to crackle for 10 seconds. Add in the crushed garlic and brown them and pour it over the dal and serve.